Research

WABI interviews researchers about Minecraft, STEM interest study

WABI (Channel 5) spoke with Bruce Segee, the Henry R. and Grace V. Butler Professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering at the University of Maine; Craig Mason, a UMaine professor of education; and Ami Gaspar, an advanced computing outreach specialist with IT, about a three-year, $2 million research project that will use a popular video […]

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UMaine waste study cited in BDN report on York’s plastic bag ban

A 2011 waste characterization study by the University of Maine School of Economics was cited in the Bangor Daily News article, “Will York’s plastic bag ban actually help the environment?” The study found that plastic bags were the sixth most common plastic thrown away in Maine, accounting for about 0.82 percent of landfill waste by […]

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UMaine graduate student finds after last mass extinction, tiny fish ruled the sea

Andrew Galimberti, an entomology graduate student at the University of Maine, was part of a research team that discovered that bigger isn’t necessarily better for a fish during an extinction event. Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania and UMaine found that for at least 40 million years following the last massive extinction, small, fast-reproducing fish […]

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Nature cites grad student’s mass extinction research

University of Maine graduate student Andrew Galimberti is mentioned in several publications regarding his research on a mass extinction 359 million years ago. Prior to the extinction, the sea was filled with “creatures the size of school buses,” but for at least 40 million years after the massive die-off, the marine world was dominated by […]

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Bates includes Barkan in ‘Marriage, the ultimate crime fighter?’ article

University of Maine sociologist Steven Barkan was included in a Bates College article about research that found a positive correlation between lower community crime rates and household marriage. Michael Rocque, Bates College assistant professor of sociology, led the project. The research, published in the Journal of Research and Crime and Delinquency, also found counties with […]

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Researchers study lobster shell disease to protect Maine’s iconic industry

When Samuel Belknap, Ph.D. anthropology and environmental policy student at the University of Maine, heard an increasing number of fishermen express concerns about the spread of a lobster shell disease and its potential impacts on Maine’s iconic industry, he was intrigued. “The thread that ran through all of these conversations was the need for more […]

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UMaine Biocar Team cited in Deseret News article on national competition

Deseret News reported on the American Institute of Chemical Engineers’ 2015 Chem-E-Car competition held at the University of Utah from Nov. 8–13. The University of Maine Biocar Team — composed of 10 bioengineering students — is competing against 36 chemically powered vehicles designed by teams from around the world. The UMaine team’s car, named Babe, […]

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Student wins fisheries research award, Boothbay Register reports

Boothbay Register published a news release from the University of Maine Darling Marine Center announcing marine science student Ruleo Camacho received a Young Investigator Award at the Ninth Florida State University Mote Symposium in Sarasota, Florida. The symposium focuses on issues relevant to fisheries, and this year’s topic, Territorial Use Rights for Fishers (TURFs), drew […]

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